Resume Stuff
Posted by David Aldridge on 2006-12-27
Quick question: Do you think it presumptious/irritating/unprofessional to title one’s resume “Oracle Data Warehousing Guru” on job boards? Or is it instead an example of eye-catching marketing?
Discuss.
Andy C said
Yes. Self appointed gurus almost without exception are not.
David Aldridge said
Yes, that’s what I’m thinking also. In ten minutes I will probably have changed my mind and need talking out of it though.
Peter Scott said
I’d go with gnu – altogether a nicer beast.
The problem with selling yourself as a guru is that someone, somewhere will take exception and bring awkward questions just to poke fun…
But then if I were a guru I would not think that at all
Doug Burns said
Don’t do that. I’ll never speak to you again ;-)
Peter K said
Are you expecting us to bow and go “All Mighty One…” :P It’s eye catching but would you be setting the potential employers with higher expectations? I would suggest “Specialist”.
Howard Rogers said
Depends. Are you a ‘World Leading Guru’ with 28 books to your name? Or just someone that tries teaching stuff to people who might be interested?
If ‘guru’ is ever mentioned in the same context as ‘book’, ‘horse’, ‘world-leading’ or ‘rebuild’, you’re not and it’s embarrasing. If it accompanies words such as ‘allegedly’, ‘apparently’, ‘try’, ‘perhaps’ and ‘aspire’, I’ll let you have it.
To avoid confusion, I suggest “competent Oracle practitioner”.
Robert V said
If you must to use a loaded word, go with Expert or Master over Guru. I think the word “Professional” is best suited though. “(Bearded) Oracle Data Warehousing Professional.”
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